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Liturgy Commission Music

Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh

Papal Mass - Bellahouston Park - 16th September 2010

A full order of service is available at the BeingCatholic website run by the Bellahouston organisers. This website also gives details of practices throughout the country.

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Go to Singing the Mass to practise with MP3s of MacMillan Mass (people's parts).

Scroll down this page for MacMillan Mass choir parts.

Choir Dress Code

Men: Black (including black shirts), tartan tie (any Tartan).
Ladies: Black with tartan scarf (any tartan).

Travel Arrangements

Choir members, and everyone in the choir tent, have to make their own way to Cardonald College, Mosspark Drive, Glasgow G52 3AY for 9.30am - 10am where they will be accredited.

The choir has been allocated 28 car parking places in Cardonald College car park. Car parking tickets will be given to our choir Pilgrim leader (Karen Birnie) on Saturday 11th Sept at the rehearsal in Motherwell Cathedral. The allocation of spaces is based on the number in our choir, so cars should be full (4 or 5 people).

We will shortly be in touch to ensure everyone has transport

Practices

Practices for Choir members

28th August - Archdiocesan Practice, 11 - 5 St Francis Xavier's, Falkirk. (Map) Tea and coffee will be provided but please bring a pack lunch.

11th September - National rehearsal. All members of the Papal Choir for the 16th September (from all the dioceses of Scotland) need to be at Motherwell Cathedral (map) to rehearse from 12.00 to 4.00 on Saturday 11th September. There will be a break with tea/coffee and biscuits courtesy of the Diocese of Motherwell. Please bring a pack lunch.

The Archdiocesan choir will be practising every Tuesday from the 27th of July until the Papal Mass. They meet at St John the Baptist, St Ninian's Road, Corstorphine, Edinburgh from 7.30 - 9pm. Anyone singing at the Papal Mass, but not usually in the choir, is welcome to attend rehearsals. Please contact Jeffrey Gibbons for more information. jeffrey-gibbons@talktalk.net

Congregational Practices

• Note the Linlithgow practice will cover the MacMillan Mass only. Try to listen to the music files beforehand at Singing the Mass.
• The Hawick practice will be taken by James MacMillan.
• The practice in Sacred Heart, Edinburgh will be taken by Fr Michael Hutson.

If other choirs are willing to hold open rehearsals please get in touch with Katherine Cameron (Katherine.Cameron@forthinpraise.co.uk) and we'll advertise it here. Please also contact Katherine if your parish is holding an open practice of the congregation's music for Bellahouston, and you would like it advertised.

Practise at home with audio files of the MacMillan Mass!

All MP3 files are for personal rehearsal use only and should not be freely copied or distributed.

People's parts

Evelyn Stell has created the CONGREGATIONAL parts which can be found at Singing the Mass.

Choir parts

Fr Peter Jones from the Archdiocese of Birmingham has created the following MP3 files for the SATB parts of the James MacMillan Mass.

Gloria

Sanctus

Background

Forth in Praise are co-ordinating with the Archdiocesan and Cathedral Choirs to put together a 130 person choir for the Papal Mass. This choir will joins others from across Scotland and the north of England on the 16th of September 2010.

A letter was sent out to parishes in the Archdiocese inviting people to join the choir. It is available here. At the end of June, places in the choir will be allocated to try to create an evenly balanced SATB choir. People who have asked to join the choir will be notified in early July and music books will be sent out.